US To Get Redesigned Tata Nano

The Truth About Cars ^ | 10/15/2012 | Derek Kreindler

[nascarnation]

Tata CEO Ratan Tata has apparently decided to sell the Tata Nano minicar in the United States, even as Tata lacks though proper sales channel.

In an interview with Automotive News, the company namesake said that a redesigned Nano, with features like traction control, a more powerful engine and power steering, could go on sale at a price below $10,000 in three years time.

But a distribution channel is still a giant question mark, with Tata saying ”We have to give a lot of thought to how we would distribute the car,” and little else. Tata’s remarks came at the opening of a New Jersey-area Jaguar Land Rover dealership

[Cronos]

This car was designed for the small city roads in India. They would also do very well as small city cars in Italy -- if you go to Rome you'll see tiny cars, but they need to be as the roads were designed 2000 years ago :)

In the US the only markets they have are for inner cities. It would make a lot of sense if one wanted something cheap and small to zip around and parking will be easy!

[Cronos]

If I’m not mistaken, this car costs $2,000 — maybe $3000

[Cvengr]

Perhaps, but on 28Sep12, Obama signed a regulation into effect that ALL cars had to run at 54 mpg by 2025.